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Ultrasonic imaging system and associated method

  • US 6,517,484 B1
  • Filed: 02/28/2000
  • Issued: 02/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of acoustic transducers;

    position sensors different from said transducers and operatively connected to said transducers for monitoring said transducers to determine substantially instantaneous positions of said transducers relative to each other; and

    an image processor operatively connected to said transducers and to said sensors, said processor being programmed to determine three dimensional shapes of objects in response to ultrasonic echo signals received by said transducers and in accordance with the detected positions of said transducers relative to each other.

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